Apple Podcast Rankings - USA - Social Sciences

Discover the Top 100 Podcasts in USA

Explore the latest data-driven rankings of the top 100 podcasts in USA. Our comprehensive analysis covers the best Apple Podcasts across various categories, providing insights into the most popular shows, episode lengths, publication frequencies, and leading hosting services. Whether you're a podcast creator or an avid listener, find the top-ranked podcasts that everyone is tuning into right now.

Podcast charts from 20 Jul 2025

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07/20/2025

Average data

Episodes: 200

Frequency: every 20 days

Duration: 00:48:28

Top 5 authors

1. Governance Futures Podcast (1 shows)

2. FERMONDO (1 shows)

3. Kelly Chase (1 shows)

4. Dr. Elio Martino (1 shows)

5. Dr. Shiri (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (19 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (14 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (14 shows)

4. Megaphone (7 shows)

5. Podbean (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	628	Simplecast	48
2	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1344	Megaphone	58
3	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	29	PRX	69
4	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	256	Megaphone	38
5	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
6	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	519	Spotify for Podcasters	28
7	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	355	PRX	53
8	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
9	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
10	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	222	Simplecast	58
11	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
12	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
13	Dead Honest	Georgie Vestey	Science	15	Buzzsprout	58
14	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	381	Audioboom	63
15	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	38	Libsyn	53
16	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	118	N/A	N/A
17	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	742	Megaphone	63
18	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
19	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	68	Megaphone	53
20	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
21	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
22	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	613	Libsyn	58
23	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
24	Least Haunted	Least Haunted	Science	158	Libsyn	63
25	Policy for the Planet	Peterson Institute for International Economics	Science	31	Libsyn	78
26	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	267	Omny Studio	63
27	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1095	PRX	63
28	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
29	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	302	Libsyn	52
30	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	32	Blubrry	59
31	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
32	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
33	Psychology Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Yale School of Medicine	Social Sciences	12	N/A	N/A
34	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
35	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	200	Libsyn	48
36	The Ben & Jamesa Podcast: Conversations about Compassion, Curiosity, and Courage	Ben and Jamesa	Science	81	Buzzsprout	37
38	Sekke Podcast \| پادکست سکه	mehdi naji	Science	122	Acast	42
39	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	150	Libsyn	58
40	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
41	Joure-digar \| پادکست جور دیگر	joure-digar	Science	18	Podbean	37
42	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	136	Megaphone	48
43	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
44	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
45	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
46	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
47	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	325	Unknown	48
48	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
49	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
50	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
51	Therapy 101	JL McVey	Science	12	RSS.com	63
52	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
53	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	595	Libsyn	37
54	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
55	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
56	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
58	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
59	The Death Studies Podcast	The Death Studies Podcast	Science	68	Spotify for Podcasters	27
60	The Black Vault Radio w/ John Greenewald, Jr.	John Greenewald, Jr.	Science	25	Unknown	43
61	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	65	Podbean	31
62	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
63	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
64	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
65	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
66	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
67	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
68	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	135	Fireside	48
69	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48
70	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	98	Spotify for Podcasters	32
71	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	329	Podbean	37
72	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
73	The International Security Podcast	International Security	Science	28	Simplecast	58
74	Shrink Space	Rob Patterson, Ph.D. David Colarossi, Ph.D.	Science	80	Spotify for Podcasters	28
75	Couched	Dr. Almas (Ally) Merchant, Dr. Billie Pivnick & Dr. Romy Reading, Produced by Hangar Studios, NYC	Science	28	Acast	73
76	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	508	Substack	53
77	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	82	Captivate	53
78	Safe As Podcast	Ben Hutchinson	Science	103	Spotify for Podcasters	42
79	ABA on Tap	Mike Rubio, BCBA & Dan Lowery, BCBA (co-Hosts) & Suzanne Juzwik, BCBA (Producer)	Science	129	Buzzsprout	79
80	For Sociology	Kohli Foundation	Science	6	Libsyn	53
81	Big Seance: My Paranormal World	Patrick Keller	Science	269	Libsyn	62
82	Filosofía, Psicología, Historias	Hernán Melana	Science	607	Spreaker	33
83	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	200	Buzzsprout	78
84	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
85	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	292	Buzzsprout	52
86	SuperHumanizer Podcast	Dr. Hani Chaabo & Katie Bogen	Science	25	Buzzsprout	73
87	The Leading Voices in Food	Duke World Food Policy Center	Science	293	Libsyn	78
88	Seven: Disturbing Chronicle Stories of Scary, Paranormal & Horror Tales	Seven: Disturbing Chronicle Stories of Scary, Paranormal & Horror Tales	Science	19	Spotify for Podcasters	38
89	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
90	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	86	Spotify for Podcasters	17
91	Aporia Podcast	Aporia Magazine	Science	152	Spotify for Podcasters	38
92	超リアルな行動心理学	FERMONDO	Science	217	Spotify for Podcasters	33
93	Choosing Better	Enoch Hill and Tim Taylor	Science	80	Spotify for Podcasters	58
94	Game Theory	Game Theory	Science	120	Spotify for Podcasters	33
95	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
96	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	96	Podbean	47
97	Grey Dynamics	Grey Dynamics	Science	79	Acast	89
98	Governance Futures	Governance Futures Podcast	Science	20	Podbean	63
99	New Things Under the Sun	Matt Clancy	Science	66	Buzzsprout	68
100	This Anthro Life	Anthrocurious, LLC	Science	232	Spreaker	74

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